Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-21


,,- trend Captain Lonsdale, with
- -7n da1ced SO often this sea-
ST. 3,rcsd SC often with ne! There
~ ,. = Miss Tremsyne."
49,. : ne mere today"
~. ,...,5 not. ID you know him."
"a - We. I met Montague so often
- q. the Government House.
' 49, .9crse, on the Esplanade, and
-.-sg.ere else"
-, g,""--,seas" thought Miss Talbot,
.4 --rsp soft face @ shadow Of annoy
a:s . lss th2t since the commence
1T, -g2tan season in question,
~ ~ - Ts.35- had been engaged to
s:, ..grs L3ns5a.e, she had some cause
s...,5 ne free appropriation of his
~, rsme by the brilliant ard
..'-rfr3s TtemayEe, the enterprising
...--.-e OILY and spoiled Cne-of
-, -, genera. then on leave in Eng
s garrison belle, but of very
- -1- fsso.ca, was well up in all mill
.orietY. snd was decidedly popular
s--s5ot. Folkestone and other red
dies within easy distance Of Lon
- and her friend, or acquaintance,
- were two more than handsome
-, -. md were guests at Chillington Park,
....,v mace on the Thames, an hour or
..t,p. ay rail from town; and both
=. s,ioying 70 the fullest extent bril-
:. r,wu tennis party, given by the aunt
-. ,s.ter Mrs. ChilllngtoD, a wealthy
:. t,s1i0nsole widow, of whom more
=, sld whose social gatherings, es-
..-s,yoi Ills kind, were extremely pop
r,Tr tennis IS essentially a ovial, 8
-Cs,a! and ! friendly game, THAI brings
.rc contact many who otherwise might
meet CT learn to know each other,
-Erg ike the Scottish golf, for older
a. s.. its y0taries kin, 81 least for the
snd it IS the one great game in
T-e7 ne youth of both sexes can meet
ans, ecusl terms, and in which fe-
-,- -.ay Is almost equal to male in Gex-
Ut
gsT sights Csn surpass, in attraction, 4
.--s avn in the we kept grounds at
g...i 70 3 stately English house, such as
ng.9n-the courts duly Chalked on
smooth Green sWsrd, the MEETINGS
=, Y delayed" and the players of both
III, II their UiQuante aud bright col
-rl costumes, srraTed Tor the merry
-.sg.e, with 6 goodly number Of gossip
friends snd chsperons, now too old to
1-i.5 s racquet " display their figures,
ssd on benches and sofas under the
| -. :1i Iu.t.ing LEAKAGE Of summer.
Ii iu,cet sound Of the English girls
o.s, t1eir pure, happy leughyer,is then
--g5d with me music OF the band, that
s.. Zsst to their enjoyment without
II. -.ng them, whilst the sunny sir IS
ST, vita the fragrance of the season
ID lie psrterre end border, where dark
mellow wall lowers, C!umps OF laven-
@,-.oged au9retis, patches Of white
c'g.uit, clusters of polyantous, sheets
.s1s.es sUd tulips Of every shade and
= sre seen.
| &C1iLiugt0D, TO the bank Of the river
rs-stched the yelvety lawn Of emerald
-ys-, slsded by tsll aud ancient trees
Es,e-.il Augustine nightingale
175d himself sleepless by day as well
E-s1t, while the COWS swung their
7 ,ails in the soft breeze, till they
I'D De driven quietly home to be
-laj.
-Tared servants and other "helps'
aground with iced champagne cups
3SoerIies and cream, or the inevitable
cock tesl s.i the more enjoy able amid
ia scene, and amid so many sweet
nus IN Inc warm open air and on the
ISL and fragrant grass. On the latter
-,g fellows were lounging at the fee
,'-S on rustic chairs, tanning them
'ss with their rscQuets, and talking
-sls. commOn-places; and there, too
y more thsn one stately dowagel
.1ensdlng slowly or seated amid
%2lSaes, talking scandal, perhaps, over
--'y cups of tea and dishes OF
.s--aued fruit. "To the dweller IL
w, says 81 essayist, "lawn tennis as
.-,s means lawn tennis, snd nothing
-.5 Inc game, the whole game, anC
ing but the game; and lawn tenni.
.eioTce, 10 dispense with buttercups
-slSleS, nut matches, singing birds,
gif,erIes of shimmeriDg flowers. a
~ ground, good balls, ard good play
s5s---ce, for the object is muscular, no.
Isle. Possibly some earnest urbane
"ees Of the game would regard the
4'a-,y Of tulips and wall flowers ns
~ nlmrod regarded those Shrinking
SIS for Englishmen soon learn t
Ase without the elegSnces and lux
Sel life, and to be satisfied with s
supply Of lis necessities. In tht
- sarz OF the latter, for the dwellers
wi northern chimes, is exercise
\ 10 that is the need of contendins
someone shout something"
y, amid the delightful surrounding
-..-eo " ChilliGgton Park, The joyou
:. ~ snd grace of the young girls pu
-sne the base Englishman-ebout
and compelled more than one Il
-, his lnene drawl snd that adopted
-ts Which is so suggestive Of perpet
-.eQom and efeminate weakness
:. even amid the crowd, many couple
- -SYe their special tete-e-tete IN
r,- 10 chsperone-that tete-a-tete
Ups csu form tender words unhear,
SIS, and eyes look love 70 eye
: s2esh again. for such gathering
.1ee--ent for the purpose, es two ms.
A,e themselves while the world surge
~ found them. They may be clos
s,,~eF, and yet seem practically IS
s, - and on these occasions, topic so,
s.SDce and manner, may wax peril
confidential indeed.
,-s0 Of playing, Melanie Talbot ha
seat or the rustic sofa, OF littl
ace from the numerous party, an
= s1e had been joined by Miss Ire
!: he Who asked, in TIE most casua
< apparently, the question with whic
caspter opens.
), --e claim to S prior intimacy on tn
VI Hiss Tremeyne, snd so far avs
-ls, too, was in itself displeasing I
~..e Talbot, who, however, could nc
:! nat HIlda was striking figure i
%eN'plumed hat ard very piquant